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carton

[kahr-tn] / ˈkɑr tn /


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The officers have since thwarted roughly 400 master carton smuggling attempts, involving nearly 6,000 pre-labeled shipments of peptides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

She includes any information-seeking act, from a verbal interrogative to the sniff one might give a carton of milk to gauge its freshness.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

I ping-ponged from soft cheeses to eggs and squash, then past a gelato cart and a table crowded with jams, pepper jellies and a milk carton filled with VHS tapes.

From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026

Others, including an Egg McMuffin carton, lunchboxes and food-themed Barbies, are simply mounted on the wall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026

We watched Arul dive off a rock, his heels kicking an old cardboard carton that bobbed past.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Some stands sold small cartons of cherry tomatoes for $7, bunches of kale for $4 and a mixed-salad bag for $5.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

Patz was the first missing child to be featured on milk cartons as part of a nationwide search.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

Influencers in cowboy hats chugged cartons of milk.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

At the site of the strike, items from the shop such as cartons of yoghurt and bottles of fizzy drinks were buried among the debris, along with household items including children's clothes and toys.

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026

Within minutes the smell of toasted bread filled the Center and small cartons of orange juice were placed on our trays.

From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia




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